Signs of Spring?

55°f/12.8°C, overcast, showers, then clearing but more rain on the way. 

Finally we are seeing a few flowers! I planted about 150 crocus bulbs last fall, but between the dogs and the squirrels they are having a very bad time. 

These little guys have been there for years, still struggling along. I can't get close to them because the ground is so saturated my feet just sink in...or slip! Mud everywhere. 

The hellebords are finally blooming, almost a month later than last year. It looks like winter wasn't kind to them either. I will get them trimmed  and clean up around them soin so they look prettier. Not today though. A very bad and painful night last night means I am worn out and low energy today.

But isn't it nice to see some green? Even if some of it is weeds...

I worked on boobytrapping this garden today. The dogs have really done some damage, much of it done by Buddy in the middle of the night. He woke us several times to go out, and silly us thought he needed to wee. But no, he just wanted to plow around in the flowerbed! So I am stringing folding wire fences all up and down this garden. I did this last year and it worked well while not detracting too much from the plants. Once the garden gets growing the little fences are almost invisible, but the dogs can't run through them, dig or lay in them. Good thing I love these beasts.

You would think living way out here would be quiet and serene, wouldn't you? But have a listen at what's going on today.

Peepers, hoards of wild honeybees working the maples (yay!) and birds singing their little hearts out---makes a nice concert as I sit here drinking my coffee and writing this blog.

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